Old friends and legendary brothers, Tony and Pete Levin, and Pat and Joe La Barbera have decided to join brotherly forces together and to go back to their roots — jazz.

Islanders can catch the extraordinary act at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 18, at Open Space for Arts & Community.

Since graduating from the Eastman School of Music, Tony Levin has become the bass and voice for Peter Gabriel and King Crimson. In addition, he has played on notable recordings for John Lennon, Pink Floyd, Lou Reed, Paul Simon, Alice Cooper, Dire Straits, Carly Simon, Peter Frampton, Seal, Judy Collins, James Taylor, and many others — becoming one of the world’s most recorded bass players.

He currently records and tours with Peter Gabriel, Stick Men, Levin Brothers, and Band Of Brothers.

As a French Horn major, Pete Levin earned a master’s degree from the Juilliard School. In the early 1970s, he switched to keyboards, becoming a synthesizer specialist in the New York City recording studio scene. Over the years, he has graced hundreds of jazz and pop recordings and performances by the likes of Miles Davis, Gil Evans, Jimmy Giuffre, Paul Simon, Dave Brubeck, David Sanborn, Joe Louis Walker, Don Elliott, Freddie Hubbard, Annie Lennox, Charles Mingus, Jaco Pastorius and Wayne Shorter.

Pat La Barbera is a New York-born jazz tenor, alto and soprano saxophonist, clarinetist, and flutist, most notable for his work as a soloist in Buddy Rich bands from 1967 to 1973. He moved to Toronto, Ontario in 1974, and is a member of the faculty at Humber College. He has toured, and recorded under his name as well, with Buddy Rich Big Band, Woody Herman, Louise Bellson, Gap Mangione, Richie Beirach, Carlos Santana, and many others. In 2000, he won a Juno Award for Best Traditional Instrumental Jazz Album for Deep in a Dream.

Joe La Barbera is an American jazz drummer and composer. He began his professional career playing with Woody Herman and the Thundering Herd. His reputation grew in the 1970s when he spent four years recording and touring with Chuck Mangione. In 1979, he became a member of the Bill Evans trio, with Marc Johnson on upright bass, and then spent much of the 1980s and early 1990s with Tony Bennett.

He also worked as a sideman for Bob Brookmeyer, Jim Hall, Art Farmer, Art Pepper, John Scofield, Toots Thielemans, and Phil Woods, Rosemary Clooney, Bud Shank, John Abercrombie, Lee Konitz, Chuck Mangione, Randy Brecker, Gary Burton, Kenny Wheeler, Michael Bublé, Rod Stewart.

Tickets for the concert, available at openspacevashon.org, are $30 for advanced general admission, $50 for patrons, and youth are free.